As a parent the changes brought on by NCLB can seem like a maze of information that is difficult to comprehend and to see how it affects your child. While this may be so, you are to be commended for your efforts in trying to understand the challenges of education and the challenges that your child faces in achieving success in school. This site offers many resources and can provide you with a clearer and better understanding of NCLB, research, strategies and other resources available for parents and schools.
Intervention Techniques Resource Type: Date: 2/1/2010 Author: University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, Office of Special Education
Here is a catalog of article summaries on effective teaching techniques. Students studying special education at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education and East Tennessee State University College of Education have read and summarized scores of research articles about teaching techniques for exceptional learners. To be included in this data base, the articles had to describe research-validated methods for teaching specific skills to individuals with disabilities. We suggest that you browse the topics of interest to you and follow up your own research by acquiring articles of interest in their full-length versions. You can find articles at libraries or through web sites like UnCover that should be able to send most of the articles contained in this database (for a fee).
NICHCY receives many calls and emails each year from people looking for materials on disability awareness. People need these materials for many different reasons, from classroom instructional units, to Girl Scout information fairs, to school reports. This resource page provides just a sample of selected materials available from different organizations.
The children in Head Start are overwhelmingly poor and minority. They are at high risk of starting school far behind their more advantaged peers, and falling further behind over time. They tune-out and drop-out at alarming rates. In a world in which nearly everything we value, from a long lifespan to financial wealth to family stability, is associated with educational attainment, these children’s lives are in danger. They desperately need a good education. Further, the nation needs for them to succeed in school if it is to achieve its goal of social equity and if it is to complete internationally in a knowledge-based economy. Preschool is where it has to start.
A central goal of U.S. social welfare policy is to ensure that all children have the opportunity to reach their full potential as productive adults. Yet it is increasingly clear that where children live plays a central role in determining their life chances. This paper provides an overview of The Urban Institute's Program on Neighborhoods and Youth Development, which is dedicated to understanding the relationships between neighborhood-level factors and the well-being and development of children and youth and identifying and evaluating place-based, community-wide strategies to help children grow up to reach their full potential as adults.
United Cerebral Palsy is a leading source of information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability. As one of the largest health charities in America, the UCP mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network.
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As a parent the changes brought on by NCLB can seem like a maze of information that is difficult to comprehend and to see how it affects your child. While this may be so, you are to be commended for your efforts in trying to understand the challenges of education and the challenges that your child faces in achieving success in school. This site offers many resources and can provide you with a clearer and better understanding of NCLB, research, strategies and other resources available for parents and schools.
